ostro_goth | OOM: Taking Sameth to Gotland again

OOM: Taking Sameth to Gotland again

Teja is in the forge, gathering a few things he is meaning to take to Gotland and show to Aligern -- for Adalgoth had told him that he would come to see them, soon.

It would, of course, be cheating history -- but then, Teja would gladly give his people any reasonable help he may.

No fire-arms, of course.

And then, of course, in the end, all his aid might result in could just as well be the development of the famous Ulberht swords that Teja has read about...

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"In Death?" Wachis asks.

Fighting by any means when your friends are threatened goes without saying.

"That's one of the things that only those of the Abhorsen line can do, walk in Death. To truly defeat them, you have to go into Death and send them past the Ninth Gate. I was lucky to survive fighting him."

"Into the realm of Death herself, to push him over the border from which he may not return?" Wachis says. "That takes great courage. You are a worthy apprentice to our king."

"Thank you, I try to be."

"Have more meat," Wachis says.

A young man who not only works in a forge but battles dangerous necromancers in Death can use every ounce of energy food can give him.

He blushes and reaches for more, feeding Isis who finds all his moving not as comfortable as he's meant to be.

Count steals a shred of meat, too -- and then wanders over the table to steal a bit of bread from Hilde, bold as brass.

Everybody chuckles at him.

Sam's glad that Count takes all their eyes off of him and goes back to eating, feeling buoyed up by their view of him.

Teja reaches out to pick up Count. "Cat," he says, looking at the small grey creature in his hand. "You are setting a bad example, for Isis and her children to come."

However he feeds Count a shred of meat from his own platter. Teja is serious as ever, but everybody else laughs, even Aligern.

"I'm sure Mogget taught him all the tricks he knows,"

Since Sam wouldn't be surprised and laughs.

"Who is Mogget?" little Ursula asks.

"It must be another cat, dummie!" Hilde says.

"He is, but more than that," Teja says.

"He's from my world and he's powerful and friends with all the cats."

"So he taught Count to be as cheeky as he is?" Hilde giggles.

"It would be just like him."

"Mogget is a very unique creature," Teja says, rubbing Count's cheek.

"He is and Count's charming enough on his own so he didn't need that much help to learn how to get people to do what he wanted."

"Count is a very clever cat," Hilde says. "May I hold him?"

Teja hands him over. Hilde holds him in the crook of her arm, and scratches Count's jaw.

"Don't forget your dinner," Liuta laughs.

"Count's had enough of all of our dinners but you want to grow and be strong."

"I want to get strong and go viking and be the terror of the seas!" Hilde says, giggling wildly.

"Then you should eat the rest of your dinner,"

He grins and goes back to his food.

Hilde grins, sticks out her tongue briefly at Rauthgundis (for some reason), then starts applying her attention to her dinner in earnest.

"You're wonderful with children," Liuta says.

Sam shrugs and smiles, "I just like them."

"He may be my apprentice in some things," Teja says, "but he can do things I cannot: - and not just magic!"

"But you're good with children, too!" Hilde protests.

"Not really," Teja says, and Adalgoth chuckles, like one that knows better.

"Maybe you're just better than you think you are and thank you,"

Its nice to know he does things that Teja's proud of.

"It is not a thing I need to be good at," Teja says.

Hilde giggles. "But you are! We like you!"

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